Intensified hostilities began in October 2023 and have escalated since 23 September 2024, disrupting women’s livelihoods in ...

The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways ...

UN Women implements programmes (and their component projects) at country, multi-country, and regional levels through implementing partners, which include government entities, non-governmental ...

[1] Grupo de Alto Nivel del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Empoderamiento Económico de las Mujeres, Leave No One Behind: A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women’s Economic ...

Since independence, Arab and North African countries have struggled with multiple challenges. These have slowed political, social, and economic development, although there has been progress in ...

Rio+20 discussions are highlighting several priority areas which need global attention, including: decent jobs, energy, sustainable cities, food security and sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and ...

La Plataforma de Acción de Beijing de 1995 identificó 12 esferas importantes en relación con las cuales era urgente actuar para garantizar una mayor igualdad y mayores oportunidades para mujeres y ...

Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the side event, “Beijing+30: Achieving gender equality, the ...

Poverty can increase violence. P articular groups of women, including women and girls living in poverty, face multiple forms of discrimination, and face increased risks of violence as a result.

The UN Women Internship Programme offers outstanding students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UN Women’s work in areas such as strategic partnerships, communications, advocacy, policy, ...

The following are some tools and resources on the implementation of the UN-SWAP and UNCT-SWAP.